Written by Omar Mohammed for Quartz
John Magufuli has only been president for three weeks but he is already stamping his authority on the new government.
A few days after taking office, he
issued an edict banning all foreign trips by government officials. Any
external work requiring Tanzania’s presence would be done by the
country’s diplomats abroad, the president’s office explained.
“Unless there is an urgent undertaking
abroad one could be allowed to travel after getting permission from the
president or the chief Secretary,” Premi Kibanga, the president’s
spokesperson, said
(in Kiswahili) in a statement. Instead, civil servants are urged to
spend more time traveling to rural areas and fix the country’s problems
there.
It hasn’t stopped there. He has ordered against official gatherings outside the office when such meetings can be conducted through conference calls. And this week came the news
that independence day celebrations next month, an annual fixture, are
cancelled. The funds that would’ve been spent on the pomp and
circumstance should be directed to other public services, such as the
fight against cholera, the president’s office explained (in Kiswahili).
Also banned are public offices buying and sending christmas cards on the government’s dime. On top of all of that, Magufuli has promised a small, lean cabinet,
expected to be announced next month.This new shift towards a more
austere government appears to have resonated across the continent.
Under #WhatWouldMagufuliDo, people are figuring out all kind of ways of saving money, it seems.From a cheaper way of exercising, eating
at home rather than going out to lunch, to forgoing a cab home, folks
are embracing a thriftiness modeled after Tanzania’s new president.
Scaling back on government spending may
not just be a political move, but a necessary step for a government that
simply has no money. There are reports
that the government is running on a significant budget deficit and
struggling to meet revenue targets to fulfill its obligations.
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